Friday, October 21, 2016

Booksie's Shelves, October 21, 2016

According to the calendar, fall is here, but someone apparently forgot to get the word to the weather gods. It's been very warm, up in the upper eighties most days here. North Carolina was hit hard by Hurricane Matthew and the eastern part of the state was hit with massive flooding. I spent yesterday chasing fall color in the mountains and went to Grandfather Mountain for the first time. I got enough color to satisfy my soul for a while until the color makes its way here to the Piedmont Triad in a few weeks. I've made several trips to Columbia for hurricane cancellations and fall break for USC, so I've been listening to more audiobooks. I also attended a great event, Bibliofeast in Charlotte where ten authors talked about their books to a fascinated crowd of readers. Here's what's come through my door lately:

1. Shadows Of Men, M. Lee Holmes, fantasy, sent by author
2. Silent Source, James Marshall Smith, mystery, sent by author
3. Paris Nights, Cliff Simon, memoir, sent for book tour
4. The Librarians And The Lost Lamp, Greg Cox, fantasy, sent by publisher
5. 8th Street Power & Light, Eric Shonkwiler, post-apocalyptic, sent by publisher
6. Joe Peas, Sam Newsome, literary fiction, sent by publisher
7. One Good Mama Bone, Bren McClain, literary fiction, sent by publisher
8. Fidelity, Jan Fedarcyk, thriller, sent by publisher
9. I'll Take You There, Wally Lamb, literary fiction, sent for book tour
10. Vanity Fair's Writers On Writers, edited by Graydon Carter, anthology, sent by publisher
11. The Secret Chord, Geraldine Brooks, literary fiction, sent by publisher

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If you're a publisher or author and would like for me to read and review your book, please contact me; I'd love to have the chance to review for you. My email address is skirkland@triad.rr.com I can't accept everything but I do read and review everything I accept. I tend to favor physical books over ebooks for review. Thanks!

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I'm the former CIO of a large community college, and an avid reader. I've reviewed here and for Curled Up With A Good Book, Amazon's Vine Reviews program and on Book Blogs. I also work with several publishers. The majority of books reviewed on this page were sent to me free of charge.